BANGKOK, BTNp: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pleased to report that Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List making it Thailand’s sixth World Heritage Site. The decision to add Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex was made at the World Heritage Committee’s 44th session, held online and chaired from Fuzhou,…
NAEROBI, Kenya, BTNp: WITH vaccination programmes underway, many countries are now poised to welcome travellers – and are more than ready to compensate for the recent decline in tourism revenue. Accounting for 10.4 per cent of global GDP and 1 in 10 jobs in 2019, travel and tourism will be critical to job creation and…
THE INTERNATIONAL Air Transport Association (IATA) called on governments to take action to address the high cost of COVID-19 tests in many jurisdictions and urged flexibility in permitting the use of cost-effective antigen tests as an alternative to more expensive PCR tests. IATA also recommended governments adopt recent World Health Organization (WHO) guidance to consider…
The standard establishes requirements and guidelines with the aim of ensuring equal access and enjoyment of tourism for all. As from today, this document is available in Spanish, having been translated and included in the Spanish national catalogue of UNE standards. In the European Union alone, the sector represents a potential market of 80 million…